Viggo Mortensen is speaking out against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In a new interview with Uproxx, the actor, 62, said it is “inexplicable” that the Oscars has never celebrated David Cronenberg’s work.
The pair have collaborated a number of times, including on “Eastern Promises”, “A History of Violence”, and “A Dangerous Method”.
RELATED: Viggo Mortensen Says He’s ‘Curious’ About The Upcoming ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Series Mortensen even earned an acting nod for “Eastern Promises” at the Academy Awards in 2008. “The thing that I’ve never understood about Cronenberg is that he’s had almost a half a century of making movies, and many really good movies,” Mortensen said. “He’s clearly one of the masters, right?
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